* On 13 Oct 2010, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > Does it let mutt read the folder as well? I imagine so or you'd not have > found it useful, but...
Mutt already can read the folder actually, it just can't detect what mailbox format it should parse as. So this patch only modifies the magic detector. > On the topic of bad mbox files, my broken script mentioned above was > written because procmail does something strange for me. When I break my > mail filing rules the email all flows through to my $MAIL spool file, > which of course should be in mbox format. But it imoted the From_ line! > Exteremely annoying and damaging. > > Does anyone know what might make procmail do this? I don't, but it was while diagnosing a similar situation in IRC today that I recalled this patch. The user was using procmail with a reasonable rule for filing to an mbox folder, and apparently it omitted the From_s for him as well. I don't have this problem myself but I'm using what is probably a pristine procmail 3.22 build (2001). I wonder whether either of you is using an "enhanced" packager release. -- David Champion * d...@uchicago.edu * IT Services * University of Chicago
